Bottle.



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BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24. 1906 I Ii rwwnfoz Bun/J tan attouwy 'PATENTBDAPR. is, 1907.

JAMES H. DUNSTAN, OF

SUSANVILLE, OREGON.

BOTTLE.

' Application filed April 24,

Specification of Letters Patent.

1906. Serial No. 313.408.

Patented April 16, 1907.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. DUNSTAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Susanville, in the county of Grant and State of Oregon, haveinvented new and useful Iml provements in Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to bottles; and its primary object is to provide anovel and ighly useful means by which the stopper of the bottle may beso secured in position that its removal will disfigure the bottle insuch manner that it will be readily apparent that i the originalcontents of the bottle has been withdrawn, this preventing an inferiorarticle being sold in the bottle as a substitute for its originalcontents.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple and durable and one which may be manufacturedand sold at a comparatively low cost.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangementof parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of abottleneck embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 designates abottle-neck which is formed to provide an annular shoulder 2 andinteriorly enlarged above the shoulder 2 to permit the use of a cork 3,having a diameter greater than that of the shoulder, thus preventing thecork from being forced downward into the bottle and necessitating itsremoval in the usual manner in order to gain access to the contents ofthe bottle. The neck 1 is provided in its edge withdiametrically-opposed seats 4 and at a point intermediate its lengthwith laterally-projecting lugs 5, said lugs being arranged in verticalalinement with the seats 4:. The lugs 5 are formed integral with thebottleneck and headed, as fully illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Ametallic guard 6 is positioned within the neck 1 above the stop-' per 3to prevent the removal of the stopper without its first having beenremoved. bail 7 is applied to the bottleneck to position its horizontalmember 8 transversely of the bottle-neck above the guard 6 an seats 4.This application of thebail posid in the of the bottle, and

tions its vertical engage around the lugs 5, after which the bentportions thereof are carried vertically. The ends of the bent portionsare bent downwardly in opposite directions into the seats 4 andtransversely of the bottle-neck above the guard 6. After the bailhasbeen thus applied the horizontal member 8 and the ends of the bentportions of the vertical members 9 are permanently secured to the guard6 by means of solder 10.

It should be apparent that inasmuch as the bail is secured to the guard6 and to the lugs 5 it is impossible to remove the stopper 3 withoutfirst having removed the bail. Inasmuch as the bail is soldered to theguard 6 it can be removed only by removing the head of one or the headsof both of the lugs 5, after which the guard 6 maybe removed to permitthe withdrawal of the stopper 3. The removal of one or both of the headsof the lugs 5 so disfigures the bottle that it will be readily apparentthat its original contents has been withdrawn, thereby preventing thesale of an inferior article in the bottle for its original contents. Theshoulders 2 and the guard 6 prevent the stopper 3 from being forceddownward into the bottle, and the guard 6 prevents the stopper frombeing removed by destroying it, thus necessitating the destruction ofthe lugs 5 before the stopper can be extracted.

From the above description, taken in con nection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and mode of operation of the invention willbe understood without a further extended description.

Changesintheform,proportions,andminor details of construction may bemade within the scope of the invention without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is- Abottle having an interior stopper-supporting shoulder'or offset formedin the neck thereof and provided with diametrically oppositelaterally-extending lugs upon the neck and with notches forming seats inthe upper edge of the neck in registry with said lugs, in combinationwith a stopper supported upon the shoulder, a metallic guardplate seatedupon the stopper in the mouth a wire bail straddling the stopper, seatedin the recesses at the upper members 9 to be bent to edge of the neckandhaving its side members In testimony whereof I affix my signaturebent around the lugs, carried back through in presence of two Witnesses.the seat-recesses, and bent upon the uard member adjacent to the crownof the bail, JAMES DUNSTAN' 5 and a seal of solder securing the freeends and Witnesses:

the crown of the latter upon the metallic ARTHUR R. WHITE, guard-plate.S. E. HEATON.

